general-oauth2
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OAuth 2.0 authentication strategy for Passport
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general oauth2
This is a fork of passport-oauth2 by Jared Hanson. Unless noted, this is a drop-in replacement. You don't have to replace your client code.
General-purpose OAuth 2.0 authentication strategy for Passport.
This module lets you authenticate using OAuth 2.0 in your Node.js applications. By plugging into Passport, OAuth 2.0 authentication can be easily and unobtrusively integrated into any application or framework that supports Connect-style middleware, including Express.
Note that this strategy provides generic OAuth 2.0 support. In many cases, a provider-specific strategy can be used instead, which cuts down on unnecessary configuration, and accommodates any provider-specific quirks. See the list for supported providers.
Developers who need to implement authentication against an OAuth 2.0 provider that is not already supported are encouraged to sub-class this strategy. If you choose to open source the new provider-specific strategy, please add it to the list so other people can find it.
Install
$ npm install general-oauth2
Usage
Configure Strategy
The OAuth 2.0 authentication strategy authenticates users using a third-party
account and OAuth 2.0 tokens. The provider's OAuth 2.0 endpoints, as well as
the client identifer and secret, are specified as options. The strategy
requires a verify
callback, which receives an access token and profile,
and calls cb
providing a user.
passport.use(new OAuth2Strategy({
authorizationURL: 'https://www.example.com/oauth2/authorize',
tokenURL: 'https://www.example.com/oauth2/token',
clientID: EXAMPLE_CLIENT_ID,
clientSecret: EXAMPLE_CLIENT_SECRET,
redirectUrlAsName: true, //for ebay as ebay need a string instead of URL
callbackURL: "http://localhost:3000/auth/example/callback"
},
function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, cb) {
User.findOrCreate({ exampleId: profile.id }, function (err, user) {
return cb(err, user);
});
}
));
Authenticate Requests
Use passport.authenticate()
, specifying the 'oauth2'
strategy, to
authenticate requests.
For example, as route middleware in an Express application:
app.get('/auth/example',
passport.authenticate('oauth2'));
app.get('/auth/example/callback',
passport.authenticate('oauth2', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
function(req, res) {
// Successful authentication, redirect home.
res.redirect('/');
});
Related Modules
- passport-oauth1 — OAuth 1.0 authentication strategy
- passport-http-bearer — Bearer token authentication strategy for APIs
- OAuth2orize — OAuth 2.0 authorization server toolkit
Contributing
Tests
The test suite is located in the test/
directory. All new features are
expected to have corresponding test cases. Ensure that the complete test suite
passes by executing:
$ make test
Coverage
All new feature development is expected to have test coverage. Patches that increse test coverage are happily accepted. Coverage reports can be viewed by executing:
$ make test-cov
$ make view-cov